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Adding Favorites with Explorer

When you first start using Explorer, all the favorites will be Microsoft's favorites. These may or may not be your favorites. Over time, you will want to add your own links to the list.

How to do it

1. Make sure that you are currently viewing a page that you want to save.

2. Click the FAVORITES button (Skip this step if the favorites frame is already visible in your browser.)

3. Click the ADD button

4. Type a new name for your favorite (Optional)

5. Click OK

What Does the Other Stuff in the Add Favorite Box Do?

Create in>>

This button will give you the option of storing your favorites in a folder. It's strictly optional, but if you have lots of favorites, it's a good way to keep track of them. Click on one of the folders before you hit OK. If you want, you can even create and name your own folders.

Make available offline

It's possible to view web pages when you are offline. That's beyond the scope of this lesson. However, if you want to view pages offline, you can have the browser go online, visit a variety of pages, and then make those pages available for you to read later.

There is a second way to use favorites with Explorer. Across the top of the browser is a gray row with black text. This is called a Menu Bar, and there is a FAVORITES option on the menu bar. If you click on FAVORITES, you have the option of opening folders, clicking on links, or even adding a favorite. This is a nice way to use favorites if you don't want to use up your screen space by keeping the left frame open.